Contributor Guide

What To Write ::

• What do you KNOW ?
  • Your expertise (I.e. you’re an OT or a teacher — drop some knowledge on us!)
  • Your experience (I.e. you’re a foster mom and know the system or your kiddo has allergies and you can share tips)
• What do you LOVE?
  • Hobbies/Skills (I.e. you’re a crafty person and have a craft idea or you have an organizational system we should all know about)
  • Obsessions (you can pick a reality star for every mood you’re in or you want to do a deep dive into why Zack Morris should have been with Jessie Spano instead of Kelly Kapowski — LET YOUR FREAK FLAG FLY)
• What has HAPPENED to you? (from the really hard to the really funny)
  • Moments of pain and growth (you’re on the other side of divorce and you’re dating again or you lost someone to suicide)
  • Moments of hilarity (you peed your pants at Blitz – this is my true story – or you’ve accidentally shoplifted at Target, three times — this is another one of my true stories)
• What do you NEED to know? (doing research on a topic/event anyway? share your findings)
  • Local (your favorite pumpkin patches, where to get the best bagels, where to go for ski deals)
  • Wider Scope (favorite water bottles for kids, how to create an LLC in New Hampshire, best sites for cleaning tips)
• HOT Topics/ Current Events
  • Did something happen in the world you need to write about?
    • All we ask is that you don’t get explicitly political. I.e. don’t tell people who to vote for or how to feel on a POLITICAL topic.
      • Note that City Mom Collective (and Seacoast Moms) do not view certain current events as political but rather humanitarian. (Example: Black Lives Matter)

Submission Details ::

• Please submit posts for publishing on or before the 1st of every month (please remember last minute is no fun for anyone!). We also ask that you proofread and spellcheck, as well as check links, in advance of submitting.
• Please keep your post in “Draft” mode until you’re ready to submit a finalized post. Once it’s final, please change it to “Pending” mode by hitting “Submit for Review”. This will signify that it is ready for review! You can always edit after you’ve done this– no worries.
• After your post is live, we strongly encourage you to share it via your personal Facebook feed, Twitter and anywhere else that you feel comfortable.
• Again, tutorials and resources on all of this can be found in the Contributor Training Center!

Some Guidelines ::

• Your post must be original and must not be published anywhere else on the Internet.
• You agree to not publish the post anywhere else (i.e. on your own blog or as a guest post on other blogs). You can certainly link back to it (i.e. “Today I am over at Seacoast Moms posting about XYZ,”) but the full content should only be posted on Seacoast Moms Blog.
• Word count is up to you. We recommend a range of 300-800 words. In most cases posts longer than 800 words should be broken up into a series. Let us know well in advance if you think this is the case with your post.
• Kinda obvious but we have to say it, content should be free from the following: profanity, sexual language, political endorsement of a party or candidate, political commentary, op-ed commentary on controversial social and/or political issues, and derogatory or inflammatory language.
• Please don’t use SEO anchored text for your links (if you don’t know what this is, don’t worry about it!)

Questions?

Please feel free to ask us anything! Email us at ANY time!
courtney@theseacoastmoms.com